Fashion Observation

I totally forgot to write about this in my New York vacation narrative. Maybe because it doesn't have much to do with anything else that I wrote. Hmmm. Right before we left, I glanced through a magazine at my allergist's office that showed pictures of celebs wearing jeans tucked into black leather knee boots. They were claiming that this is the new cute trend for Winter. I seem to remember this being a style in the late 80s/early 90s that everyone swore to never repeat much like day-glo colors, large belts and large sunglasses. Hmmm. How are we supposed to keep up in this fashion conscious world when last year's "don't" is this year's "do". I find it almost laughable. It is so strange to see trends that I remember return after being the butt of merciless jokes for so many years. Anyway, back to the boots... I made the personal desicion not to get excited about the jeans in the boots. So, we travel to New York and everywhere I turn, ladies have their jeans tucked into their boots! I couldn't believe it! That means that we have that to look forward to out here next Fall. Maybe it won't travel this way. Could we secretly hope for that? I don't want to have anymore pictures to laugh at. I have enough from childhood. Next thing we'll hear is how great shoulder pads are! Oh, God save us before we get there!

I have complained about this before, but I just can't get over it. What is up with the mohawk? I hate it! I hate it! I hate it! There could not be an uglier hairstyle. Over dinner this weekend we had a conversation with some friends about mohawk versus mullet. Both are awful, but we agreed that the mohawk just seems to be a big flip-off to the world and the mulett is just sad. Also, you can go to a normal job interview with a mullet but not with a mohawk. There are probably only a hand full of jobs in which a mohawk would be an acceptable hairstyle. What I almost dislike more than either of these is the weird faux-mo that is going on. If you haven't noticed, it's for 20 and 30-something guys who are desperately trying to be cool without committing to the full-on mohawk. I think it's awful and sad. The men grow their top middle hair longer than the rest but they still have hair on the sides and they gel it up into the middle in an impersonation of a mohawk. Very ugly in my opinion. It's just a wimpy attempt to hang on to the coolness and rebellion of youth that has passed. Kinda' like the mullet come to think of it. Business in the front and party in the back! Yuck! In summary, stick with the classics and you'll never go wrong.